New article! We conducted a review of aquatic eDNA research in Alaska, highlighting the importance of partnerships btwn state, feds, tribes, academics and others. Major barriers to lab access and training remain even though eDNA studies are quickly increasing in Alaska! doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

I am recruiting PhD students for my new lab housed in the Sam Noble Museum at University of Oklahoma! If you are interested in fish macroevolution, geometric morphometrics, specimen-based research & phylogenomics please reach out. More info here: fishdiversitylab.weebly.com Please share widely!!!

If you are interested in collecting specimens for chromosomal genomes and/or generating chromosomal reference genomes from specimens that were not cold-chain preserved, please read on and share this thread.

I’m seeing more and more preprints turn into major news articles, like this today in the NYTimes. Is press-release from preprint the new norm? I’m all about preprints but would never think of writing a press release before peer review. Am I out of touch? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/s...

A friendly request to folks in the Florida shark diving industry: This bill restricts *baited shark dives,* not *all SCUBA diving*. If you say it will kill *the entire SCUBA diving industry* and not *about 0.05% of that industry,* you look like a fool.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BREAKING: The United States House of Representatives has passed the Florida Safe Seas Act, which bans baited shark dives in Federal waters off the coast of Florida. Now to the Senate. 🧪🌍🦑🦈 I wrote about this bill here: www.scubadiving.com/will-banning...

ALRIGHT EVERYONE HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUFS GUIDE TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments (share with all your friends!)

The SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments — Your Site Title

Written by: Cole Donovan, Director of Policy and Advocacy and Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO

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Our DHS grant was terminated last week. This was awarded via the University of Alaska Anchorage's Arctic Domain Awareness Center, which was dissolved by the Trump administration last year and then brought back by Senator Dan Sullivan. We were barely allowed to spend any of the funds. The reason?

The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2027

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

One federal grant was just terminated ($1.3 million from DHS) and one was awarded but not funded ($46,748 from NOAA) due to the new federal administration priorities and executive orders. PIs, how are you addressing these situations on your CVs? 💸

The @systbiol.bsky.social Mentorship Program is back for 2026-2027! The program pairs off mentees with mentors based on shared interests in systematics and biodiversity research. Low effort, high reward! 12 virtual monthly meetings. More info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p... Apply by June 12th!

Mentorship Program

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I'm recruiting a PhD student for Fall '26 to study the evolution of marine fishes or inverts! Projects could span phylogenomics, eDNA or pop-gen. Students must have received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP btwn 2023–2026. Email me your CV & cover letter to express interest. www.theglasslab.org

Amazing opportunity to lead the Sitka Sound Science Center! Please share with your colleagues. www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...

Executive Director - Job

Sitka Sound Science Center is now hiring for the position of Executive Director in Sitka. Apply today.

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New paper out by our lab group! We assembled and annotated the first chromosome-level genome of Pacific herring! This herring was from the Bering Sea and represents a different genetic population than herring from the Gulf of Alaska and Pacific NW. 🐟🧬 gigabytejournal.com/articles/182

A chromosome-level reference genome for Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) from the Bering Sea

A chromosome-level reference genome for Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) from the Bering Sea

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For the past 3 years, my lab has been developing PESCA, the Passive eDNA and Sediment Collection Apparatus. Our cost-effective eDNA technology is now available for purchase! We are selling these at-cost to keep the prices low. Check out this write-up to order PESCA! www.uaf.edu/news/makersp...

Makerspace brings device from lab to market

The UAF College of Engineering and Mines Makerspace helps launch PESCA, an innovative eDNA and sediment sampling device, turning research into a practical tool for environmental monitoring in Alaska a...

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🚨 Job alert! We're hiring a TT Assistant Professor in the Fisheries Department at UAF @uafairbanks.bsky.social. Broad search for applicants who focus on evolution, ecology, physiology, management, or social science. No visa support availably. Apply by July 1. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...

I'm recruiting a PhD student for Fall '26 to study the evolution of marine fishes or inverts! Projects could span phylogenomics, eDNA or pop-gen. Students must have received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP btwn 2023–2026. Email me your CV & cover letter to express interest. www.theglasslab.org

NSF GRFPs and HMs just announced! Students who got an HM can apply for the EPSCoR GRFP (3 yrs of funding!). Plz spread the word about our EMERGE Program at Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. We're recruiting 10 PhD students for Fall 2026! www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...

NSF GRFPs and HMs just announced! Students who got an HM can apply for the EPSCoR GRFP (3 yrs of funding!). Plz spread the word about our EMERGE Program at Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. We're recruiting 10 PhD students for Fall 2026! www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...

Amazing opportunity to lead the Sitka Sound Science Center! Please share with your colleagues. www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...

Executive Director - Job

Sitka Sound Science Center is now hiring for the position of Executive Director in Sitka. Apply today.

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🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Geological Oceanography at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on geochemistry and sediment dynamics. Come be my colleague! Apply by March 19th. Please share. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...

New preprint! We produced a chromosome-level reference genome for Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) from the Bering Sea. Our genome is 795 Mb and organized into 26 chromosomes. 🐟🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The NSF strategic plan FY 2026-30 is available for public comment until Jan 27. Please make your voice heard! www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan

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🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on coastal ecology. Come be my colleague! Please share. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...

New preprint! Our team at @uafairbanks.bsky.social conducted a review of aquatic eDNA research in Alaska. Takeaways: eDNA is rapidly growing in AK with collabs btwn university, tribes, fed, state & other partners. Major barriers = lack of infrastructure and training. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

New paper out! Using lcWGS we found huge genetic differences between Pacific herring in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, as well as mitonuclear discordance that may be caused by isolation and secondary sympatry after the last glacial maximum. 🐟🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Biogeographic Structure and Mitonuclear Discordance Reveal Cryptic Diversity in Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii)

As a critical trophic link, the health and stability of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) populations have implications for other marine species, including several targeted by large, productive fishe...

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Still a few days left to apply for this Assistant Professor position in our department at NYU: apply.interfolio.com/175592 Please pass the word around, if you know of someone at the interface of ecology, evolution, and disease!

I recently rewatched Jurassic Park and was so excited to share this clip with my Genomics and Bioinformatics class to teach how critical it is to understand Unix/Linux after Lex saves everyone from the velociraptor by rebooting the security system! 😂🦖🦕👩🏼‍💻

🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. 🧪🌊🦑 @alaskaepscor.bsky.social @uafairbanks.bsky.social @jessicaglass.bsky.social #EPSCoR www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...

New federal grant will support UAF doctoral students

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The program, Enhancing Marine Ecosyste...

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